The  aim of the profiles is to enable all educators on the network to familiarise themselves with each other's interests, activities and developments taking place in unions throughout the ITF family.

The profiles are organised alphabetically by region, country then union. If you are an educator in an ITF affiliated union, please download and respond to the the questionnair at the end of the page. This can be returned to ascott_christine@itf.org.uk

Recent Profile

Name: Jon Clark
Union: Transport, Salaried, Staff Association (TSSA)
Country: Great Britain

History: I have been the education officer for the TSSA for 8 months.Prior to my appointment I taught trade union education through various TUC (Trade Union Congress- the UK national centre) education centres based in inner and greater London as well as Kent. I have been working in trade union education since 2003.

Union Education Activities: The corner stone of the TSSA education programme for 2008 and beyond will be a concentration on building member involvement and activities.  New materials will facilitate these aims through the exploration of communication networks and skills in organising.

Areas of interest: My role provides enormous rewards seeing reps grow in confidence, take-on responsibility and develop leadership skills.  So the area of education that interests me most is that of organising and campaigning, the latter being a new series of courses the TSSA has introduced.

Problems do you faced: The biggest problems we face through the TSSA education programme is that of differentiation. 

Strengthening links with other educators: It would be good to see greater communication, support and exchange of ideas and materials, an annual meeting would be great! Or as Ray writes a data base of materials.

Having recently visited Palestine would be great to develop communication with education officers in Palestine.

Contact email: clarkj@tssa.org.uk